emancipation
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The Seven Wonders of Portsmouth
Post by honorary shipmate Andrew Feight Shanty Dotty on the Ohio, tied up at the Anchor Pad in Portsmouth, Ohio (18 July 2019). Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sitting for an interview with Wes Modes. Funded with a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, Wes and his two shipmates (production assistants) are…
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Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio
Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio The Beebe Chapel CME Church whose pastor Rev. James Settles is the great-grandson of ex-slave, courageous Underground Railroad conductor, and church founder Joseph Settles. #ohioriver #ripley #ohio #slavery #church #undergroundrailroad #abolishion #emancipation #ruins